Tamara Horwich, MD is a cardiologist and Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine / Cardiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Horwich is Medical Director of UCLA’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Program and also is Co- Director of the UCLA Women’s Cardiovascular Health Center Program at UCLA.
Dr. Horwich’s clinical interests include treating and preventing heart disease in women, cardiac rehabilitation, treating patients with heart failure, and performing and interpreting echocardiograms. Dr. Horwich’s main research interests include studying obesity, body composition and cardiovascular disease, as well as risk factors and novel therapies for patients with heart disease, with a focus on women. Dr. Horwich is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association and has helped draft national guidelines on management of heart failure. Furthermore, she is a frequent invited speaker and moderator at the scientific sessions of the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology, and author of over 75 peer-reviewed publicationson cardiovascular disease. Dr. Horwich completed undergraduate studies at Brown University, medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at UCLA.